Auto Sit and Snare timer...

Tangeleno · Post by **Tangeleno** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 6:29 pm

I've searched and searched but I can't find a macro that will sit me every 5 seconds for 1 second so I can get the mana/hp regen for sitting... I've tried several times myself to get it to work but I just can't and I'm getting pretty mad at myself for not being able to pick up on how to do this. If some one would please make this for me I'd be very greatful. Or if you are willing to help me privately e-mail me at tangeleno238@yahoo.com please :)

Preocts · Post by **Preocts** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 7:25 pm

Boy, just looking at this idea is annoying. Couldn't imagin actually trying to play my character while he was dancing like this.

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  :DaLoop
  /if "$char(state)"=="SIT" /sit
  /delay 5s
  /if "$char(state)"=="STAND" /sit
  /delay 1s
  /goto :DaLoop

magictiger · Post by **magictiger** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 2:50 am

would this work?
yeah, yeah, old Parms. That's all I know. Working on the new stuff.

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:NotDaLoop
/declare oldmana global
/varset oldmana $char(mana,cur)
/delay 1
/if n oldmana<$char(mana,cur) {
/goto :DaLoop
} else {
/goto :NotDaLoop
}
:DaLoop
/stand
/delay 5s 
/sit
/delay 1s 
/goto :DaLoop

This way, you wouldn't have to time your starting of the macro. My code sucks, but it's enough to give you an idea.

Preocts · Post by **Preocts** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 4:37 am

Heh. I thought about writing all that. My question is why in the name of sanity would you do this? What the heck can you do in 5 seconds of standing that makes it worth the mana regen?

Besides the points that nothing screams "I'm macro'ing" than a bouncing caster that keeps it up constantly at a noticable patterned rate.

LordGiddion · Post by **LordGiddion** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 9:16 am

Shamans do this all the time the call it Canni dancing. Thing is, it's been proven MANY times to be complete BULLSHIT. It's a visual artifact of the local client, if your sitting at the last second of the "tick" the client will raise your DISPLAYED mana, but the server determines your actual mana based on your clients average report of sitting. So if you do this bopping thing to full mana and cast 1 spell the server will reset avail mana (just the same as if you change your client mana programatically in your client with an offset) This why sometimes if you've done some sitting and standing in a raid you might think you have enough mana to cast a spell, attempt it, see the casting start, and then get the insuficient mana error, and see your mana bar drop by a small fraction.

So all in all this "dance" is going to risk detection and do nothing more for you then a 2 second offset hack. A.K.A. JackShit.

magictiger · Post by **magictiger** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 10:34 am

Uh....

Thing is, it's been proven MANY times to be complete BULLSHIT.

No, the canni-dance is real. If you're seeing your mana drop down, you didn't stay sitting long enough :) Easiest to do with canni 3. Canni 4 is much harder to time when having to compensate for lag. If it no longer works, it changed since I got level 58.

My question is why in the name of sanity would you do this? What the heck can you do in 5 seconds of standing that makes it worth the mana regen?

It's called medkiting. During your kite, or during downtime, you get jumped and don't have the mana to finish it off, so you run off someplace open and kite the bitch around, sitting every tick.

I've done it myself, with no mana regen buffs, so if the canni-dance idea never worked... HOW THE FUCK WAS I ABLE TO REGEN ENOUGH MANA THIS WAY TO FINISH A MOB?

It's hilarious to watch someone do this though, because you think they're trying to camp out at first, so you're tempted to tell them to run farther before trying to camp... then they nuke the shit out of whatever was chasing them.

And risking detection... pfft. If sitting for one second out of every 6 was bannable, there wouldn't be any shamans.